astringent

astringent is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
2. adjective. Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue.
3. noun. A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.
4. noun. a drug that causes contraction of body tissues and canals

   Synonyms: styptic

5. adjective. tending to draw together or constrict soft organic tissue

   "astringent cosmetic lotions"

6. adjective. sour or bitter in taste

   Synonyms: acerb, acerbic

Synonyms

styptic, acerb, acerbic

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in astringent:

integrants, transigent

Common word forms

astringents, astringently

Words from these letters

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